[PLUG] Disk space question using LVM
David Fetter
david.fetter at fetterconsulting.com
Thu Sep 16 10:49:02 UTC 2004
Try doing `du -sk /` or `du -sk /*` to see how much space each
individual directory is taking. It is displayed in kylobytes, hence the
-k option.
On Thu, 2004-09-16 at 10:44, Jon Bridenbaugh wrote:
> Hello all:
>
> I have recently become the sysadmin for a machine running SuSE Linux
> 8.1 (i386) using LVM. The previous sysadmin has a cronjob that checks
> for disk space running out and I am trying to figure out how to free
> up space on the "/" partition. Here is the output from df -k:
>
> Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
> /dev/sda3 16851664 16356572 495092 98% /
>
> The problem is when I "ls -ls" the "/" directory I see no where near
> 16GB being used.
>
> Am I missing something obvious? My apologies if this is
> vague/confusing or totally off base.
>
> Thanks,
> Jon
--
David M. Fetter - http://www.fetterconsulting.com/
"The world is full of power and energy and a person can go far by just
skimming off a tiny bit of it." Neal Stephenson - Snow Crash
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